fire extinguisher

[HERR42]

One of the most common reasons people carry a fire extinguisher is to deal with a fire in the engine compartment.

An emt guy pointed out to me that an extinguisher of the type that does not have a flexible hose will not allow you to attack a fire from ground level....such as a transmission fire. this is because a non-hose unit must be kept upright.

With no hose you can only spray downward from above and you could not get down beside a vehicle and spray laterally.

Do any of you carry a hose type unit?

how many burn scars do we see on the shoulder of the roads we travel? i see a lot.

 

[craig333]

Some of mine do, some don't. Thats an added advantage of driving a diesel, much less risk of catastrophic fire.

http://www.rvsafetysystems.com/Handheld%20Fire%20Extinguishers.htm

http://www.macthefireguy.com/fire_safety_products.htm

 

[HERR42]

those are some good links Craig.

that looks better than the dry chem units i carry.